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Immigrant Rights Coalition Launches Campaign to Repeal Mandatory Detention

Detention Watch Network calls for Dignity, Not Detention on 15-year anniversary of controversial immigration law

Mandatory E-Verify Will Not Magically Solve Immigration Woes

Michele Waslin: Immigration restrictionists argue that imposing a mandatory employment verification system will ensure that unauthorized workers are not able to get jobs in the U.S. and will choose to leave, leaving millions of jobs wide open for unemployed U.S. citizens. Of course, this ignores the facts.

Why Making E-Verify Mandatory Doesn’t Solve Anything

By Michele Waslin

Michele Waslin: Advocates are going to expend much time and energy fighting yet another enforcement-only program that—absent legalization and other reforms—does nothing to fix our broken immigration system but has extremely negative consequences for law abiding employers and U.S. workers.

Mandatory E-Verify Is Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be

By Michele Waslin

Michele Waslin: While everyone agrees that high unemployment levels must be addressed, simplistic measures like mandating E-Verify are not going to open up jobs for millions of unemployed workers.

What is Cap and Trade?

By Sharon Kyle

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Cap and Trade is an environmental policy tool that delivers results by placing a mandatory cap on emissions while providing sources flexibility in how they comply. Successful cap and trade programs reward innovation, efficiency, and early action and provide strict environmental accountability without inhibiting economic growth. In other [...]